2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Interdisciplinary Research on the Representation of the Religious and Scientific Emblems Principally in Early Modern Britain
| Project/Area Number |
24520314
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Literature in English
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| Research Institution | Nihon University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KIMURA Saburo 日本大学, 芸術学部, 教授 (00130477)
IZUHA Takashi 宇都宮大学, 国際学部, 専任講師 (00434069)
MATSUDA Misako 成城大学, 文芸学部, 准教授 (10407611)
ITO Hiroaki 埼玉大学, 教養学部, 教授 (70184679)
YAMAMOTO Shinji 天理大学, 国際学部, 准教授 (80434976)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | エンブレム / イコノグラフィー / Fortuna (Chance) / ヘロニモ・ナダール / 挿絵 / くじ引き / シェイクスピア / イエズス会 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Although the research mainly clarifies the relationship between early modern British literature and emblems, it extends to the Continent and the eighteenth century. First it proves that the emblem of “Fortuna” influenced some unstable situations relating to “fortune” and “lottery” in The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare. Second, it analyzes the relationship between the emblem of the “snail” and the poem “The Snail” by Richard Lovelace from the viewpoints of the three components of “emblem:” motto, figure and epigram. Third, it proves that the tradition of “impresa,” the immature type of emblem, on the Continent influenced the frontispiece of Novam Organum by Bacon. Fourth, it proves which painter drew how many sketch drawings of Les emblesmes by Hadrianus Junius. Last, it proves the relationship between the text and relevant illustrations and emblems in The Seasons by Thomson.
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| Free Research Field |
英米文学
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